Re: Add file to HOSTS

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From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 02/07/04 

Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 23:51:00 -0700

In article <b9cf01c3ed23$bdce0660$a301280a@phx.gbl>, "nightripper"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I'm unable to load a certain URL & was advised to
>add "66.92.89.189www.finitesite.com" to the file "Hosts"
>located in C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc>HOSTS. It's
>properties list it as a file, I am unable however to open
>it (maybe I shouldn't). Would anyone know how to open
>this file and add "66.92.89.189www.finitesite.com" to it?
>Finitesite.com is my website host & I, unable to open it
>to edit the HTML.
>
>Thank you

To edit the Hosts file, type this command in the Start | Run box,
making sure to include the "." at the end of the command:

      notepad C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\Hosts.

Put one or more whitespace characters (space and/or tab) between
"66.92.89.189" and "www.finitesite.com".

Are you sure about that IP address? When I ping that web site by its
name, it shows an IP address of 66.92.89.178. The IP address that you
listed gives a completely different web site name. 

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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
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